Located in the scenic Schoharie Valley, Mine Kill
State Park overlooks the NY Power Authority's Blenheim-Gilboa Pumped
Storage Power Project. The Blenheim-Gilboa Visitors Center is
open to the public free of charge and is located just south of the
park.

The park contains a modern aquatics facility
featuring an Olympic sized swimming pool with separate wading and
diving pools. Other activities include hiking and mountain biking on
nearly eight miles of trails that travel through the park.

Cascading 80 feet through a narrow gorge is the
picturesque Mine Kill Falls for which the park is named. A separate
parking area, 1/4 miles south of the parks' main entrance, provides
access to the overlook viewing platforms, as well as the Long Path
hiking trail to the lower falls and beyond. There are over three
miles of the 350+ mile Long Path trail that can be hiked in the park.

Mine Kill Falls
and the NY 30 bridge

Check out the NY State
Parks website for more information on Mine Kill State Park.
The park website also has a real nice
Park Trail Map. Look below for some information on the hiking trails in the park.

View from Mine
Kill State Park

Hiking Trails in Mine Kill State Park

Long Path (3.6 miles) - The 350+ mile
trail travels into the park from the south, follows Mine Kill Creek passing near
the scenic waterfalls. The trail leaves the park traveling to the NYPA
Visitor Center as it continues on its journey north.

Red Nature Trail (0.4 miles) - A short
park nature trail that can be a loop using a park service road.

Orange Nature Trail (1.3 miles) - This
trail branches off the Red Nature Trail for those looking for a longer nature
hike in the park and travels to the Long Path.

Yellow Trail (0.9 miles) - Leaves the
lower parking area near the reservoir with an access trail to the water.
The trail climbs away from the reservoir, passing a nature trail before ending
at the Long Path.

Old Long Path (0.2 miles) - As the trail
name states, this is the old Long Path near Mine Kill Falls.

Nature Trail (0.2 miles) - This nature
trail is located north of the main park and travels from the Yellow Trail to the
Long Path.

Blue Trail (0.8 miles) - This ski trail
travels parallel to NY 30 from the parking area at the NYPA parking area in the
north to the Long Path in the south. This trail creates a nice loop hike
with the Long Path.

View from the
NY Power Authority Visitor Center just south of the park on NY 30